SAN DIEGO–October brings the dark comedy HIR to Cygnet Theatre next month. This uncurbed, kitchen-sink drama about a family in transition was named The New York Time’s Top Ten Best Theater of 2015. Written by playwright and performance artist Taylor Mac and directed by Rob Lutfy, the production runs October 3 to 28. Somewhere in […]

SAN DIEGO–The Old Globe will bring it’s Globe for All Tour to the San Diego county community with support provided by Theatre Forward’s Advancing Strong Theatre grant program. Following the Globe engagement of Karen Zacarías’s hilarious comedy directed by Edward Torres, Native Gardens will travel June 28 through July 1 to four of our community […]

SAN DIEGO–Cygnet Theatre closes its 15th season with the world  premier of The Wind and The Breeze by New York based playwright Nathan Alan Davis. This poetic, slice-of-life drama was the winner of the 2013 Lorraine Hansberry Award and part of The Bill and Judy Garrett Finish Line Commission in 2016, where it moved audiences […]

SAN DIEGO–In an effort to make theatre more accessible, Cygnet Theatre introduced a new pricing structure in conjunction with it’s 16th season. The pricing is broken down into three tiered levels with three ways to buy. Patrons can either subscribe to a season package, purchase a Cygnet Member Card, or buy single tickets. Ticket prices […]

SAN DIEGO–Broadway/San Diego has selected Vanessa Davis as general manager of the theater company, said Nick Scandalios, Executive Vice President of the Nederlander Organization. Davis takes over many of the duties of vice-president, Joe Kobryner, who announced his retirement in January. Kobryner will remain with Nederlander through July 13, 2018. Of Davis’ appointment, Scandalios said, […]

VISTA–Moonlight Stage Productions took home five Craig Noel awards from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle at its annual ceremony on February 12. Moonlight Stage Productions was awarded: Outstanding Resident Musical for In the Heights Outstanding Direction of a Musical for In the Heights to James Vasquez Outstanding Choreography of a Musical for In the […]

SAN DIEGO–The Old Globe’s 2018–2019 Season will kick off with the world premiere of the new musical Heart of Rock and Roll, inspired by the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, featuring a book by Jonathan Abrams and story by Tyler Mitchell and Jonathan Abrams. The musical will be directed by Gordon Greenberg with […]

SAN DIEGO–The Old Globe will present a free, one-night-only event, Barry Edelstein In Conversation with Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky, on February 14 at the theatre. Continuing his very popular interview series, Edelstein sits down with translator/director Nelson—a great American playwright, at once a poet of the stage and an innovator of theatrical […]

SAN DIEGO–Cygnet is thrilled to revisit one of its favorite musicals, Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, which was a hit with critics and audiences in 2008. The Tony Award winning musical is considered one of Sondheim’s most beloved works, and features stunning melodies including the popular “Send in the Clowns.” Cygnet’s production is directed […]